A public discussion on the aerial use of 1080 in Dunedin does
not appear to be about to start soon - through the Dunedin
City Council, at least.
Cr Fliss Butcher requested a report on the issue to this
week's planning and environment committee meeting. She
expressed a hope last week a "dispassionate" debate could
occur.
But the report noted the council did not use 1080, had no
regulatory control, and the Public Health South medical
officer of health was the one who gave permission for aerial
drops.
Cr Butcher planned to propose that the community be
encouraged to comment on the issue through the council's
annual-plan process. But she was urged to raise the matter in
a different forum, and committee chairman Cr Michael Guest
said he would not accept her motion, suggesting she raise it
at the council's sustainability panel.
Cr Butcher said after the meeting she planned to do that.
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